Out-of-Pocket Expenses In addition to Beneficial Owner Servicing Fees and Networked Account Servicing Fees paid in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement, the Investment Company shall reimburse FTIS monthly (i) for all classes of shares, other than any Class R6 shares, for the following out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties in connection with the servicing of Accounts as required under the terms of this Agreement and (ii) for any Class R6 shares, for the following out-of-pocket expenses paid to third parties in connection with the servicing of shareholder accounts as required under the terms of this Agreement: Expenses in connection with the preparation and physical or electronic delivery of shareholder communications required under the terms of this Agreement, such as prospectuses, shareholder reports, tax information, proxy statements, and shareholder statements. Such amounts paid to third parties include, but are not limited to, costs of printing, mailing, stationary, forms, postage, and electronic delivery. In the case of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by FTIS or an affiliate associated with the printing of new account confirming prospectuses (which prospectuses the Investment Company is obligated to deliver under its Underwriting Agreement and that FTIS agrees to deliver, on behalf of the Fund, in connection with the confirmation process), FTIS and the Investment Company each will pay one-half (50%) of the costs of printing the new account confirming prospectus (including, but not limited to, print on demand prospectuses used for that purpose); Telephone costs associated with servicing shareholders in accordance with this agreement; ACH, Federal Reserve and bank charges for check clearance, electronic funds transfers, wire transfers, and other banking charges associated with account and cash reconciliation for shareholder activity; Data Storage: Retention of electronic and paper account records; and other costs associated with data storage of account records and transactions records (e.g., magnetic tape, microfilm and microfiche, and digital images); Insurance against loss of Share certificates when in transit; Terminals, transmitting lines and any expenses incurred in connection with such terminals and lines established and/or maintained by FTIS to perform its obligations under this agreement; Amounts paid to independent accounting firms to perform independent audits of FTIS and the issuance of reports such as a SOC-1; Amounts paid in connection with use of national data bases to comply with requirements for locating lost shareholders; Proxy solicitation and tabulation expenses; NSCC expenses. Costs associated with NSCC system use, including networking services, hardware and circuits to send customer cost basis information, commission and 12b-1 fees to brokerage firms All other miscellaneous expenses reasonably incurred by FTIS in the performance of its obligations under the Agreement, excluding the costs relating to the compensation of Agents as contemplated under Section 14 of the Agreement. This Schedule B may be amended by FTIS upon not less than 30 days' written notice to the Investment Company, subject to approval by the Board. SCHEDULE C Beneficial Owner Servicing Fees and Networked Account Servicing Fees for each fiscal year of the Fund may not exceed (i), for each contract with an institution based on Fund assets, 15 basis points (0.15%) of such Fund's net assets attributable to the appropriate class of shares for which such institution provides services as contemplated by Section 3(b)(ii) and (iii) of this Agreement (“Services”) or (ii) for each contract with an institution based upon a flat per account fee, $16 per account for accounts that are not subject to a contingent deferred sales charge for which the institution provides Services and $19 per account for accounts that are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge for which the institution provides Services. This Schedule C may be amended only upon agreement in advance of FTIS, the Investment Company and its Board of Trustees/Directors. SCHEDULE D As the registered transfer agent and shareholder servicing agent for the Funds, FTIS is responsible for providing overall support for the customers of each Fund, including shareholders, financial advisors, distribution intermediaries, and other authorized representatives. FTIS controls the flow of the customer interactions, processes transactions, and handles inquiries while ensuring mitigation of operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational risk. FTIS is responsible for affecting activity in accordance with fund policies, (e.g. Rule 12b-1 payments, fund openings, reorganizations, closings), as well as required trade confirmations, statements, and tax reporting. FTIS maintains relationships with the back offices of intermediaries and ensures appropriate payments to intermediaries and other service vendors in accordance with this Agreement. Specific functions FTIS performs in accordance with securities laws, IRS laws or other regulations include: AS TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE INVESTMENT COMPANY, FTIS WILL: Upon receipt of proper authorization, record the transfer of Fund shares ("Shares") in its transfer records in the name(s) of the appropriate legal shareholder(s) of record; and Upon receipt of proper authorization, redeem Shares, debit shareholder accounts and provide for payment to shareholders. AS SHAREHOLDER SERVICE AGENT FOR THE INVESTMENT COMPANY, FTIS WILL: Receive from the Investment Company, from the Investment Company's Principal Underwriter or from a Fund shareholder, in a manner acceptable to FTIS, information necessary to record Share sales and redemptions and to generate sale and/or redemption confirmations; o Mail, or electronically transmit, sale and/or redemption confirmations; Coordinate the delivery of an account opening prospectus with delivery of initial purchase confirmations; Accept and process payments from investors and their broker-dealers or other agents, for the purchase of Shares; Support the use of automated systems for payment and other share transactions, such as NSCC Fund/Serv and Networking and other systems which may be reasonably requested by FTIS customers; Keep records as necessary to implement any deferred sales charges, exchange restrictions or other policies of the Investment Company affecting Share transactions, including without limitation any restrictions or policies applicable to certain classes of shares, as stated in the applicable prospectus; o Requisition Shares in accordance with instructions of the Principal Underwriter, if applicable; o Open, maintain and close shareholder accounts; Establish registration of ownership of Shares in accordance with generally accepted form; Maintain records of (i) issued Shares and (ii) number of shareholders and their aggregate shareholdings classified according to their residence in each State of the United States or foreign country; Accept and process telephone exchanges and redemptions for Shares in accordance with a Fund's Telephone Exchange and Redemption Privileges as described in the Fund's current prospectus. Maintain and safeguard records for each shareholder showing name(s), address, number of any certificates issued, and number of Shares registered in such name(s), together with continuous proof of the outstanding Shares, and dealer identification, and reflecting all current changes. On request, provide information as to an investor's qualification for Cumulative Quantity Discount. Provide all accounts with, at minimum, quarterly and year-end historical statements; Provide on request a duplicate set of records for file maintenance in the Investment Company's office; Provide for the proper allocation of proceeds of share sales to the Investment Company and to the Principal Underwriter, in accordance with the applicable prospectus; Redeem Shares and provide for the preparation and delivery of liquidation proceeds, including the processing of redemption checks and maintain checking account records; Exercise reasonable and good-faith business judgment in the registration of Share transfers, pledges and releases from pledges in accordance with the California Uniform Commercial Code - - Investment Securities; Upon receipt of proper documentation, place stop transfers, obtain necessary insurance forms, and cancel lost, stolen or destroyed Share certificates, and record ownership of Shares formerly represented by such certificates in its transfer records in the name(s) of the appropriate legal shareholder(s) of record, so long as applicable; Check surrendered certificates for stop transfer restrictions, so long as applicable. Although FTIS cannot ensure the genuineness of certificates surrendered for cancellation, it will employ all due reasonable care in deciding the genuineness of such certificates and the guarantor of the signature(s) thereon; o Cancel surrendered certificates and record ownership of Shares formerly represented by such certificates in its transfer records in the name(s) of the appropriate legal shareholder(s) of record, so long as applicable;
of-Pocket Expenses In addition to the above fee-schedule, Out-of-Pocket expenses will be charged as incurred. These charges would include but are not limited to: Securities pricing. Custom electronic interfaces and/or programming beyond normal and customary system development associated with conversion. Local taxes, stamp duties or other assessments, including stock exchange fees, postage and insurance for shipping, facsimile reporting, extraordinary telecommunications fees or other unusual expenses, which are unique to a country in which the Funds are investing. See Second Amendment, dated 9/5/08
Development Expenses Bionics will reimburse the Company for all reasonable expenses directly associated with the development of the Lead for Bionics (including, without limitation, costs associated with animal studies and human trials), when the Company submits a request to Bionics for approval prior to incurring such expenses and such expenses are incurred with Bionics’ written approval, provided receipts for such expenses are submitted to Bionics within 30 days after such expenses are incurred. Upon receiving a request for expense authorization from the Company, Bionics will indicate to the Company whether the requested expense is authorized within 15 days for expenses up to $1,000 and within 30 days for expenses over $1,000. Bionics will reimburse the Company within 30 days of receiving reasonably detailed invoices describing the Company’s authorized expenses under this Agreement. The Company will provide those invoices to Bionics within 15 days after the end of each month in which the Company incurs any authorized expense.
Limit on Operating Expenses The Advisor hereby agrees to limit the Fund’s current Operating Expenses to an annual rate, expressed as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the month, to the amounts listed in Appendix A (the “Annual Limit”). In the event that the current Operating Expenses of the Fund, as accrued each month, exceed its Annual Limit, the Advisor will pay to the Fund, on a monthly basis, the excess expense within the first ten days of the month following the month in which such Operating Expenses were incurred (each payment, a “Fund Reimbursement Payment”).
Additional Costs, Etc If any present or future applicable law, which expression, as used herein, includes statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof by any competent court or by any governmental or other regulatory body or official charged with the administration or the interpretation thereof and requests, directives, instructions and notices at any time or from time to time hereafter made upon or otherwise issued to any Bank or the Agent by any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other authority (whether or not having the force of law), shall:
Additional Expenses The Underwriter will pay all expenses (e.g., shipping, postage and courier costs) associated with the delivery of the Prospectus to prospective investors and investors, other than the costs of delivery to the Underwriter's facilities, provided, that if courier services (other than overnight delivery services utilized in the ordinary course of business) are required to ensure that the Prospectus is delivered to investors on the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company will pay such courier expenses. If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Underwriter and the Company. Very truly yours, SALOMON SMITH BARNEY INC. Xx:______________________________ Name: Title: The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date hereof. GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. By:_______________________________ Name: Title:
Development Costs With respect to activities prior to the Amendment Effective Date, each Party was to pay [*] of the total Direct Development Costs of a Product incurred in accordance with the Development Budget (as defined in the Original Agreement). Notwithstanding anything in this Article 6 of this Agreement or in any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to activities on and after the Amendment Effective Date, subject to Sections 3.1.2, Alimera will be solely responsible for, and shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of, all development costs of a Product, including Direct Development Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Article 6 of this Agreement or in any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, (i) all payments owing by CDS hereunder with respect to development activities prior to the Amendment Effective Date are hereby deemed fully paid by CDS (or waived, to the extent such waiver may be required), including any Development Payments, Compounded Development Payments, Determined Disputed Costs and Compounded Disputed Costs (as all defined in the Original Agreement), further including any penalties and interest which might have accrued with respect thereto, and further including all CDS payments deferred pursuant to that February 11, 2008 letter agreement sent by CDS and executed by CDS and Alimera regarding deferral of payments under the Original Agreement as of such date; (ii) all payments owing by Alimera hereunder with respect to development activities prior to the Amendment Effective Date are hereby deemed fully paid by Alimera (or waived, to the extent such waiver may be required), including any Development Payments, Compounded Development Payments, Determined Disputed Costs and Compounded Disputed Costs (as all defined in the Original Agreement), and further including any penalties and interest which might have accrued with respect thereto; and (iii) subject to Sections 3.1.1 and 3.1.2, from and after the Amendment Effective Date, CDS will have no liability whatsoever hereunder for any past, present or future development costs, including Direct Development Costs (which includes those incurred before, on and after the Amendment Effective Date), and instead Alimera shall have sole liability therefor.
Reimbursable Costs Operator shall reimburse Contractor for the costs of material, equipment, work or services which are to be furnished by Operator as provided for herein but which for convenience are actually furnished by Contractor at Operator’s request, plus 5 percent for such cost of handling. When, at Operator’s request and with Contractor’s agreement, the Contractor furnishes or subcontracts for certain items or services which Operator is required herein to provide, for purposes of the indemnity and release provisions of this Contract, said items or services shall be deemed to be Operator furnished items or services. Any subcontractors so hired shall be deemed to be Operator’s contractor, and Operator shall not be relieved of any of its liabilities in connection therewith.
Direct Costs Insert the major cost elements. For each element, consider the application of the paragraph entitled “Costs Requiring Prior Approval” on page 1 of these instructions.
Closing Costs and Prorations All recording fees, escrow fees, and other closing costs (except documentary transfer taxes as provided in Section 3.5(c) above) shall be allocated according to custom and practice based on the location of the Property. All income and expenses of the Property shall be prorated according to custom and practice based on the location of the Property.